Europe

UK - The number of workers contributing to company or private pensions has plummeted since Labour came to power, a government report shows.

UK - Workers at steel giant Caparo have voted to accept the agreement to restore the final salary pension scheme and formally end their strike.

UK - The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has called for the retirement age to be raised, a move consultants believe would ease pressure on defined benefit schemes.

EUROPE - Analyst expectations remain "too high" for the European market, Govett Investments claims.

UK - The £4.8bn West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension Fund is considering holding its roadshow annually after a record number of members attended the latest event.

UK/EUROPE - Russell/Mellon CAPS and managerselection.com are to merge their respective database services.

UK - Friends, Ivory & Sime is rebranding as ISIS Investments following the takeover of Royal & SunAlliance Investments (R&SA).

UK - A Bristol manufacturing firm's scheme has been given a record 18-year minimum funding requirement extension by OPRA.

UK - The Society of Pension Consultants (SPC) has blamed the government's tax changes for more than a third of pension fund deficits.

UK - Stock processing firms CrestCo and Euroclear have received regulatory approval from the High Court for their merger.